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Sculpture, space, and light. Open to the elements, the SFMOMA’s rooftop garden is an oasis for art in the midst of downtown San Francisco. The entire back wall of the museum’s top floor is removed, allowing a seamless connection from gallery to garden. A large panoramic window at this new opening offers an elevated view to the garden, presenting it like a landscape painting inside the gallery. A glazed long-span bridge links the Museum to a garden pavilion that in turn opens out to the garden through large sliding glass panels. Surrounding the garden, lichen-covered lava-stone walls mask the city and frame the sky.
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Awards
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2011 AIA, National Honor Award for Architecture
2010 American Architecture Awards
2010 AIA, San Francisco Honor Award for Design
2009 AIA, California Council Merit Award for Design -
Press
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SF Chronicle, February 2011
ela, February 2010
Architect, November 2009
arcCA, September 2009
San Francisco Magazine, September 2009
NOVO Magazine Design Issue, 2009
Competitions, Summer 2009
7x7, June 2009
Art in America, June/July 2009
California Home + Design, May/June 2009
The New York Times Magazine, May 31, 2009
The Architect’s Newspaper, May 27, 2009
ARTnews, April 2009
New York Times, March 2009
United Hemispheres Magazine, March 2009
New Garden Design, Inspiring Private Paradises, Gibbs Smith Publisher, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle, January 22, 2008 -
Location
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco